Nanostructures for light trapping in thin film solar cells

A Peter Amalathas, MM Alkaisi - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Thin film solar cells are one of the important candidates utilized to reduce the cost of
photovoltaic production by minimizing the usage of active materials. However, low light …

Nanoarchitectured array electrodes for rechargeable lithium‐and sodium‐ion batteries

Y Xu, M Zhou, Y Lei - Advanced Energy Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Rechargeable ion batteries have contributed immensely to shaping the modern world and
been seriously considered for the efficient storage and utilization of intermittent renewable …

Highly efficient flexible perovskite solar cells with antireflection and self-cleaning nanostructures

MM Tavakoli, KH Tsui, Q Zhang, J He, Y Yao, D Li… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Flexible thin film solar cells have attracted a great deal of attention as mobile power sources
and key components for building-integrated photovoltaics, due to their light weight and …

All inorganic cesium lead iodide perovskite nanowires with stabilized cubic phase at room temperature and nanowire array-based photodetectors

A Waleed, MM Tavakoli, L Gu, S Hussain, D Zhang… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Alluring optical and electronic properties have made organometallic halide perovskites
attractive candidates for optoelectronics. Among all perovskite materials, inorganic CsPbX3 …

Controllable synthesis of molybdenum tungsten disulfide alloy for vertically composition-controlled multilayer

JG Song, GH Ryu, SJ Lee, S Sim, CW Lee… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The effective synthesis of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides alloy is
essential for successful application in electronic and optical devices based on a tunable …

Progress in plasmonic solar cell efficiency improvement: A status review

P Mandal, S Sharma - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Solar cell efficiency improvement has been one of the major concerns to realize ultimately
the cost effective efficient solar cells. Among various ways to improve solar cell efficiency …

High efficiency and stable perovskite solar cell using ZnO/rGO QDs as an electron transfer layer

MM Tavakoli, R Tavakoli, Z Nourbakhsh… - Advanced Materials …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Fabrication of organohalide perovskite materials on the top of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) has
some beneficial advantages such as room temperature processing; however, the perovskite …

General strategy toward dual-scale-controlled metallic micro–nano hybrid structures with ultralow reflectance

P Fan, B Bai, M Zhong, H Zhang, J Long, J Han… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Functional metal surfaces with minimum optical reflection over a broadband spectrum have
essential importance for optical and optoelectronic devices. However, the intrinsically large …

[PDF][PDF] Low‐cost, flexible, and self‐cleaning 3D nanocone anti‐reflection films for high‐efficiency photovoltaics

KH Tsui, Q Lin, H Chou, Q Zhang, H Fu… - Advanced …, 2014 - eezfan.home.ece.ust.hk
A photovoltaic device is essentially a solar-energy harvesting device, converting the
incoming photons to charge carriers. Therefore, the capability of capturing the incident …

Plasmonic nanostructures for light trapping in organic photovoltaic devices

CH Chou, FC Chen - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decade, we have witnessed rapid advances in the development of organic
photovoltaic devices (OPVs). At present, the highest level of efficiency has surpassed 10 …